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Version: [ 2.6.11.8 ] [ 2.6.25 ] [ 2.6.25.8 ] [ 2.6.31.13 ] Architecture: [ i386 ]
  1 /*
  2  *  fs/anon_inodes.c
  3  *
  4  *  Copyright (C) 2007  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
  5  *
  6  *  Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for code review and suggestions.
  7  *  More changes for Thomas Gleixner suggestions.
  8  *
  9  */
 10 
 11 #include <linux/file.h>
 12 #include <linux/poll.h>
 13 #include <linux/slab.h>
 14 #include <linux/init.h>
 15 #include <linux/fs.h>
 16 #include <linux/mount.h>
 17 #include <linux/module.h>
 18 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 19 #include <linux/magic.h>
 20 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 21 
 22 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 23 
 24 static struct vfsmount *anon_inode_mnt __read_mostly;
 25 static struct inode *anon_inode_inode;
 26 static const struct file_operations anon_inode_fops;
 27 
 28 static int anon_inodefs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 29                                const char *dev_name, void *data,
 30                                struct vfsmount *mnt)
 31 {
 32         return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "anon_inode:", NULL, ANON_INODE_FS_MAGIC,
 33                              mnt);
 34 }
 35 
 36 static int anon_inodefs_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 37 {
 38         /*
 39          * We faked vfs to believe the dentry was hashed when we created it.
 40          * Now we restore the flag so that dput() will work correctly.
 41          */
 42         dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 43         return 1;
 44 }
 45 
 46 static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
 47         .name           = "anon_inodefs",
 48         .get_sb         = anon_inodefs_get_sb,
 49         .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
 50 };
 51 static struct dentry_operations anon_inodefs_dentry_operations = {
 52         .d_delete       = anon_inodefs_delete_dentry,
 53 };
 54 
 55 /**
 56  * anon_inode_getfd - creates a new file instance by hooking it up to an
 57  *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
 58  *                    of the file
 59  *
 60  * @pfd:     [out]   pointer to the file descriptor
 61  * @dpinode: [out]   pointer to the inode
 62  * @pfile:   [out]   pointer to the file struct
 63  * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
 64  * @fops     [in]    file operations for the new file
 65  * @priv     [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
 66  *
 67  * Creates a new file by hooking it on a single inode. This is useful for files
 68  * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
 69  * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
 70  * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
 71  * setup.
 72  */
 73 int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd, struct inode **pinode, struct file **pfile,
 74                      const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 75                      void *priv)
 76 {
 77         struct qstr this;
 78         struct dentry *dentry;
 79         struct file *file;
 80         int error, fd;
 81 
 82         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode))
 83                 return -ENODEV;
 84 
 85         error = get_unused_fd();
 86         if (error < 0)
 87                 return error;
 88         fd = error;
 89 
 90         /*
 91          * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name
 92          * using the inode sequence number.
 93          */
 94         error = -ENOMEM;
 95         this.name = name;
 96         this.len = strlen(name);
 97         this.hash = 0;
 98         dentry = d_alloc(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
 99         if (!dentry)
100                 goto err_put_unused_fd;
101 
102         /*
103          * We know the anon_inode inode count is always greater than zero,
104          * so we can avoid doing an igrab() and we can use an open-coded
105          * atomic_inc().
106          */
107         atomic_inc(&anon_inode_inode->i_count);
108 
109         dentry->d_op = &anon_inodefs_dentry_operations;
110         /* Do not publish this dentry inside the global dentry hash table */
111         dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
112         d_instantiate(dentry, anon_inode_inode);
113 
114         error = -ENFILE;
115         file = alloc_file(anon_inode_mnt, dentry,
116                           FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE, fops);
117         if (!file)
118                 goto err_dput;
119         file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping;
120 
121         file->f_pos = 0;
122         file->f_flags = O_RDWR;
123         file->f_version = 0;
124         file->private_data = priv;
125 
126         fd_install(fd, file);
127 
128         *pfd = fd;
129         *pinode = anon_inode_inode;
130         *pfile = file;
131         return 0;
132 
133 err_dput:
134         dput(dentry);
135 err_put_unused_fd:
136         put_unused_fd(fd);
137         return error;
138 }
139 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfd);
140 
141 /*
142  * A single inode exists for all anon_inode files. Contrary to pipes,
143  * anon_inode inodes have no associated per-instance data, so we need
144  * only allocate one of them.
145  */
146 static struct inode *anon_inode_mkinode(void)
147 {
148         struct inode *inode = new_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
149 
150         if (!inode)
151                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
152 
153         inode->i_fop = &anon_inode_fops;
154 
155         /*
156          * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
157          * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
158          * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
159          * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
160          */
161         inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
162         inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
163         inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
164         inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
165         inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
166         return inode;
167 }
168 
169 static int __init anon_inode_init(void)
170 {
171         int error;
172 
173         error = register_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
174         if (error)
175                 goto err_exit;
176         anon_inode_mnt = kern_mount(&anon_inode_fs_type);
177         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_mnt)) {
178                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_mnt);
179                 goto err_unregister_filesystem;
180         }
181         anon_inode_inode = anon_inode_mkinode();
182         if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) {
183                 error = PTR_ERR(anon_inode_inode);
184                 goto err_mntput;
185         }
186 
187         return 0;
188 
189 err_mntput:
190         mntput(anon_inode_mnt);
191 err_unregister_filesystem:
192         unregister_filesystem(&anon_inode_fs_type);
193 err_exit:
194         panic(KERN_ERR "anon_inode_init() failed (%d)\n", error);
195 }
196 
197 fs_initcall(anon_inode_init);
198 
199 
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